Zephaniah 2:2

"Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you."

Scholars have long complained of the difficulties in the Hebrew text in this verse: "The verse is probably in some disorder: the first two clauses can hardly present the original text, and the last two clauses look like duplicates."[8] Despite such difficulties, however, we really have no problem with what the passage is saying. Bennett, after quoting Davidson (as above), stated that, "The intent or thrust of the verse is however surprisingly clear: the urgent need of repentance before the coming of the day of Jehovah."[9] Our own paraphrase of the verse is: "Repent in time !"